Displaying a 'Message posted' message

Senzuri

Hey,

I'm trying to create a function that will display a 'message posted' notification under a button, once when a user clicks the "save" button. Here is a picture of my situation: http://img.tipthatgame.com/119108989.jpg

I have tried implementing a javascript function, but I wasn't exactly able to get it to work. If anyone could be able to help me, that would be great! thanks.

big_nerd

Senzuri,

How is this laid out? What are you using to process the POST data (when you click save?)

Is this PHP that is processing it? If so, is that an Iframe (the "white" area) or some other form of frame?

You would only have to use some form of Javascript if you have it laid out in frames and refreshing the page is not possible.

If it refreshes the page you can add it to the PHP.. once I know how you are designing this, we can help you to put the message in there.

Senzuri

The file in that image is called "dump.php", that is a textfield, and the "save" button posts to a file called "post.php" which sends the information to a text file.

The form in dump.php is:

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="post.php">
	<p align="right"><textarea name="textfield" cols="100" rows="25"><?php readfile("./stats/text.txt"); ?>
	</textarea></p>
	</p>
	<p align="right">
	<input type="submit" value="Save" />
	<br />
	</p>
</form>

and the post.php is:

<?php
	if(isset($_POST['textfield']))
	{
		$File = "./stats/text.txt";
		$Handle = fopen($File, 'w');
		$Data = stripslashes("{$_POST['textfield']}");
		fwrite($Handle, $Data);
		fclose($Handle);
		header( 'Location: dump.php' ) ;
	}
?>

Senzuri

I put the following under the "Save" button, but it didn't seem to work 🙁

	<?php if ($REDIRECT_URL=="/post.php")
		{ 
			echo("Message was entered successfully"); 
		} ?>

big_nerd

Try something like this..:

<?php
$temp = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$temp = substr($temp,-8,8);
if ($temp) == "post.php") {
  echo "Messsage was entered successfully";
}
?>

I know there must be an easier way, I am running on IIS so I am unsure of $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL']; will work (it does not under IIS), this may help you so you do not have to substr the string..

good luck!